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  • Student fights for children’s justice

    Published 20/02/17

    Brooke Weston Sixth Former Advone Katsande is helping shape courtroom justice for her peers as part of her role with the Children and Family Court Advisory Service.

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  • Brooke Weston choir sings at local residential home

    Published 19/12/16

    Local residential home Willbrook House invited students from Brooke Weston's choir to sing a selection of Christmas songs for the staff and residents of the home.

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  • Centenary Battlefield Memorial film​​​​​​​

    Published 06/12/16

    Earlier this year two Year 12 students and a Year 10 student joined Beliefs, Philosophy and Ethics teacher Ms Coombe on the World War I Centenary Battlefield Memorial tour.

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  • Brooke Weston’s Alumni Network

    Published 29/11/16

    Brooke Weston is working together with education charity Future First to build a network of former students. Engaging an Alumni Network helps to stay in touch with former students, and can be of mutual benefit in supporting with careers, work experience and fund raising.

    Research has shown that access to relevant and relatable role models can transform a young person’s confidence, motivation and skills with former students the perfect people for this, having grown up in the same community and learnt in the same classrooms, they can show students that ‘people like me’ do succeed.

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  • Profile of our Head Boy and Head Girl

    Published 11/11/16

    Kelsey Fordyce and Sam Tran have recently been appointed as Brooke Weston’s first ever Head Boy and Girl. Head of Sixth Form Mrs Smith asked for written applications and the top candidates were interviewed with Sam and Kelsey being awarded the prestigious roles.

    Kelsey joined Brooke Weston in Year 12. She had previously attended CBA but liked the look of Brooke Weston during a tour.

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  • Max achieves Gold Chief Scout Award against the odds

    Published 07/11/16

    Congratulations to Year 9 student Max Oram, who received his Gold Chief Scout award at a ceremony attended by the Mayors of Corby and Kettering.

    He needed to complete nine challenges in categories including teamwork, adventure, skills and community, which involved him spending two nights at the Millennium Green in Desborough planting new trees and shrubs.

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  • Student use speed gun in Project Edward police initiative

    Published 28/09/16

    Two Year 8 students got to grips with a police speed gun during a recent driving awareness initiative aimed at cutting road deaths. Project Edward is an acronym for European Day Without a Road Death.

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  • Student has the chop for charity

    Published 05/09/16

    Year 7 student Taya Powell has chopped her long hair off to donate for wigs for children with cancer and she has raised £500 for charity in the process.

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